Balancing Act: Trading Off Odometry and Map Registration for Efficient Lidar Localization
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| author | Papais, Katya M. Lisus, Daniil Gentil, Cedric Le Yoon, David J. Barfoot, Timothy D. |
| author_facet | Papais, Katya M. Lisus, Daniil Gentil, Cedric Le Yoon, David J. Barfoot, Timothy D. |
| contents | Most autonomous vehicles rely on accurate and efficient localization, which is achieved by comparing live sensor data to a preexisting map, to navigate their environment. Balancing the accuracy of localization with computational efficiency remains a significant challenge, as high-accuracy methods often come with higher computational costs. In this paper, we present two ways of improving lidar localization efficiency and study their impact on performance. First, we integrate two lightweight odometry estimators, a correspondence-free Doppler-inertial estimator and a low-cost wheel odometer-gyroscope (OG) method, into a topometric localization pipeline and compare them against a state-of-the-art (SOTA) iterative closest point (ICP) baseline. We highlight the trade-offs between these approaches: the Doppler and OG estimators offer faster, lightweight updates, while ICP provides higher accuracy at the cost of increased computational load. Second, by controlling the frequency of localization updates and leveraging odometry estimates between them, we demonstrate that accurate localization can be maintained while optimizing for computational efficiency using any of the presented methods. We evaluate these approaches using over 100 km of unique real-world driving data in different on-road environments. By varying the localization interval, we demonstrate that computational effort can be reduced by 27%, 80%, and 91% for the ICP, Doppler, and OG estimators, respectively, while maintaining SOTA accuracy. |
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| spellingShingle | Balancing Act: Trading Off Odometry and Map Registration for Efficient Lidar Localization Papais, Katya M. Lisus, Daniil Gentil, Cedric Le Yoon, David J. Barfoot, Timothy D. Robotics Most autonomous vehicles rely on accurate and efficient localization, which is achieved by comparing live sensor data to a preexisting map, to navigate their environment. Balancing the accuracy of localization with computational efficiency remains a significant challenge, as high-accuracy methods often come with higher computational costs. In this paper, we present two ways of improving lidar localization efficiency and study their impact on performance. First, we integrate two lightweight odometry estimators, a correspondence-free Doppler-inertial estimator and a low-cost wheel odometer-gyroscope (OG) method, into a topometric localization pipeline and compare them against a state-of-the-art (SOTA) iterative closest point (ICP) baseline. We highlight the trade-offs between these approaches: the Doppler and OG estimators offer faster, lightweight updates, while ICP provides higher accuracy at the cost of increased computational load. Second, by controlling the frequency of localization updates and leveraging odometry estimates between them, we demonstrate that accurate localization can be maintained while optimizing for computational efficiency using any of the presented methods. We evaluate these approaches using over 100 km of unique real-world driving data in different on-road environments. By varying the localization interval, we demonstrate that computational effort can be reduced by 27%, 80%, and 91% for the ICP, Doppler, and OG estimators, respectively, while maintaining SOTA accuracy. |
| title | Balancing Act: Trading Off Odometry and Map Registration for Efficient Lidar Localization |
| topic | Robotics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.02107 |